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 {t:Fare Thee Well}
 {st:Indigo Girls}
 
 FARE THEE WELL (Emily Saliers)
 
 {sot}
 ------------------------------
 {eot}
 [Actually in F#; capo 6.]
 [Tune both E strings down to D.]
 [Complete tablature is at the end.]
 [Some of the chord names are kind of strange; this is what happens
 when you use alternate tunings. Refer to the tab at the end for
 fingerings.]
 [Thanks to Rich Tebb and Mark Coiley for the collaboration on the tab.]
 
 [C][int[G(4)/F]ro][Em7][Am9][F6(#4)][G][C(9)][G(4)/B]
 
 [C] Fare thee w[G7/F]ell, my bright s[Em7]tar[Am7]
 I watched your t[F6(#4)]aillights bl[G]aze into nothingn[C(9)]ess[G(4)/B]
 [C] But you were long g[G7/F]one before I [Em7]ever got to yo[Am9]u
 [F6(#4)] Before you bl[G]azed past this addr[Am9]ess[Am7]
 
 And [Dm7(4)]now I th[C(9)/E]ink of having l[F6(9)]oved and having l[G]ost
 You [Dm7(4)]never know what it's l[C(9)/E]ike to never lo[F6(9)]ve[G7]
 [Dm7(4)]Who can say what's b[C(9)/E]etter when my h[F6(9)]eart's become the c[G]ost[-][G#dim]
 A mere t[Am7]oken of a br[D11/A]ighter jewel s[G9/D]ent from up ab[G9]ove
 
 Fare thee well, my bright star
 The vanity of youth, the color of your eyes
 Maybe if I'd fanned the blazing fire of your day-to-day
 Or if I'd been older I'd been wise
 
 Too thick the heat of those long summer evenings
 For a cool evening I began to yearn
 But you could only feed upon the things which feed a fire
 Waiting to see if I would burn
 
 Fare thee well, my bright star
 It was a brief brilliant miracle dive
 That which I looked up to and I clung to for dear life
 Had to [F6(#4)]burn itself [G]up[-] j[G#dim]ust to m[Am9]ake itself al[Am7]ive
 
 And I caught you then, in your moment of glory
 Your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage
 With a memory so clear it's as if you're still before me
 My once in a lifetime star of an age
 
 So fare thee well, my bright star
 Last night the tongues of fire circled me around
 And this strange season of pain will come to pass
 When the healing hands of autumn cool me down
 
 TAB:
 
 [An equal sign is a hammer-on; / is a slide.]
 [Play all the notes on the lower three strings with your thumb.]
 [Each verse might have a few more or less notes, but the same fingerings.
 The only big difference is the extra G#dim (6x0x0x) in verse 3.]
 [Actually, you can play it without tuning the high E down, if you want to
 avoid the risk of string breakage. The only adjustment you have to make
 is in the second measure of the intro, and also on the "easy" version of
 the G9 measures.]
 
 [C] [G(4)/F] [Em7] [Am9] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|0---------0-----|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------1-----|------1---------|----------0-----|0=1---0---------|
 G ------0-------0-|--------------0-|------0-------0-|------0---0-----|
 D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
 A 3-------3-------|----------------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|
 D ----------------|3-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 [intro]
 
 [F6(#4)] [G] [C(9)] [G(4)/B] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|
 G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
 D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
 A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
 D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 [intro]
 
 [C] [G7/F] [Em7] [Am7] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|1---------1-----|
 G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
 D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|
 A 3-------3-------|----------------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|
 D ----------------|3-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 Fare thee well, my bright star I watched your
 
 [F6(#4)] [G] [C(9)] [G(4)/B] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|----------1-----|--1-------1-----|
 G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
 D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
 A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
 D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 taillights blaze into nothingness
 
 [C] [G7/F] [Em7] [Am9] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|-----(1?)-0-----|
 G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------5-------0-|
 D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|
 A 3-------3-------|----------------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|
 D ----------------|3-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 But you were long gone before I ever got to you
 
 [F6(#4)] [G] [Am9] [Am7] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1--(0?)-1-----|--1-------1-----|
 G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|------4-------2-|------0-------0-|
 D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
 A ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
 D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 Before you blazed past this address And
 
 [Dm7(4)] [C(9)/E] [F6(9)] [G] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------3-----|
 G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
 D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
 A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|5-------5-------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 now I think of having loved and having lost You
 
 [Dm7(4)] [C(9)/E] [F6(9)] [G7] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|----------1-----|--0-------0-----|
 G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
 D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|
 A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3------/|5-------5-------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 never know what it's like to never love
 
 [Dm7(4)] [C(9)/E] [F6(9)] [G] [G#dim] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------0---0-|
 G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0--(4?)---|
 D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------3---|
 A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|5-------6-------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 Who can say what's better and my heart's become the cost, a mere
 
 [Am7] [D(11)/A] [G9/D] [G9] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|--6-------6-----|----------6-----|
 G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------4-------4-|--------------0-|
 D ----2-------2---|----4-------4---|----7-------7---|----7-------7---|
 A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|5-------5-------|----------------|
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 token of a brighter jewel sent from above
 
 [Note that in order to do the x5746x chord, you need to use your pinky
 and ring fingers for the Am7 and D(11/)A, rather than the index and
 middle fingers. Then you slide up to the next chords, and use the
 index and middle fingers for the 5 and 4 in the G9. If that's too
 hard, use the following instead:]
 
 [Am7] [D(11)/A] [G9/D] [G9] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|
 B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|------0-------0-|----------------|
 G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----2-------2---|------------2-0-|
 D ----2-------2---|----4-------4---|0-------0-------|----0-----------|
 A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 token of a brighter jewel sent from above
 
 ENDING:
 [Am(9)] [Am(9)] [Am(9)] [Am(4)] 
 {sot}
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
 B --1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|------1---------|
 G ------4-------4-|------4-------4-|------4-------4-|----4-----------|
 D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|--2-------------|
 A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
 D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 {eot}
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 cool me down....
 
 [Or you can play 0's on the B string instead of 4's on the G string; it sounds
 fine, but then the ending chord has to include a hammer-on from B to C.]
 
 
 - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
 

    

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